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MILK BOTTLE HOLDER. APPLICATION man M19, 1920.

1,367,557. Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

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WILLIAM MOLENAAB, 0F PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

MILK-BGTTLE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

Application filed January 15, 1820. Serial No. 352,584.

Holders, of which the following is a speci fication.

In order to prevent the stealing of milk bottles, both full and empty,it hasbeen proposed to provide a holder in which the mill:- man coulddeposit the full bottle and. in so doing would render accessible anotherwise inaccessible empty bottle placed therein by the customer, theholder being so constructed that once the full bottle was placed in theholder it was not calculated to be withdrawn through the opening bywhich it entered but only in some otherway controlled only by thecustomer. This invention relates to devices of this character, and itsobject is to improve the construction thereof by making them moreeiiicient for the purposes in tended inexpensive to manuicture andsubstantial and durable.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view oi? one form of the improveddevice;

Fig. 2 is a plan thereof;

Figs. 3, a and 5 are sectional views on lines 3-8, 1 4, and 5- 5,respectively.

Fig. 6 is a sectional detail of this form; and

Figs. 7 8 and 9 show in front and side ele. vations and top plan amodified form of the, invention.

In Figs. 1 to 6 the device is intended to be attached to the jamb of adoorway in close roximity to a hinged door or equivalent. he jamb isindicated at a and the hinged door or equivalent at b.

A sheet metal box or case 0 having upper and lower compartments (5 and 6formed by the horizontal wall 7" is provided, the same being open fromsubstantially top to bottom;

as at g, at what will herein be taken the back closed'from to to bottom.at the sides.

as by the side walls It, and closed at what will herein betaken as thefront as at 2', so far as the upper compartment is concerned, butprovided with a frontal opening j for the lower compartment e; there isalso an opening 10- at the top of the case of a size and shape to permitthe article, such as a mill:

' bottle, to be introduced into the'upper conr partment with the-minimumof clearance, and the bottom of the case may have another opening Z.

A sheet metal gate m is hinged on a horizontal pivot n arranged at thetop of the front wall 2', the same opening inwardly and being normallyheld in the closed position, bearing against the under side ofrthe topof the case around the opening 76 therein, by springs 0. The receptacleformed by the sides h and front 2' of the upper part of the case and thedoor I) when the same is closed is provided with means which will causethe article, once the same has been entered. into the compartment (2 andclears the gate, to'be shifted and thereupon supported under and 111 aposition to block a second opening movement of the gate. This is theupstanding element p at the bottom of the compartment 2 and rathernearer the back than the front thereof, the same having other functionsto be hereinafter set forth. The dimensions of the compartment d and itsgate in and the effective height of the element are such that when thebottle is entered through the opening I; and forces back the gate and infinally clearing the gate is forced thereby to the dotted line position9 in Fig. l against the back oi the receptacle) and is stopped in itsdownward progress by the element 3) (said effective. height of which isrepresented by its dotted position, such element in the presentadaptation being depressible), the bottle finally tilts over against thefront wall 2', so that the gate, which has now sprung closed,isprevented by the bottle head from again being opened until the bottlehas been removed otherwise than through theopening 7c. The removal ofthe bottle may of course be cheated by a person within the dwelling towhich the door I) appertains opening such door exposing the opening 9oi: the case and consequently the bottle.

When the person thus removes the filled bottle which is placed incompartment a? an empty bottle may be placed in compartment 6 and willbe held and locked therein against removal (except by such personthrough the doorway) unless the element go is depressed from within thereceptacle (1, as by introduoingthe full bottle into that receptacle.The sides of the opening j are formed as two inwardly projecting flangesr and along the bottom of this opening is'a' trough-shaped rest formedby a transverse ledge s at the bottom of the case forward of its openingZ and an upwardly inclined lip t projecting from said ledge. There is anangular member formed of sheet metal and including a walla which forms aclosure for the opening and a wall 2: which closes the bottom opening Z.Its angular portion is fulcrumed by resting in the angle of thetrough-shaped rest aforesaid, being kept in, that position by having twoside notches u: at its angle receiving the flanges 1 To prevent itsbeing disassembled from the case there is a pin x which passes throughthe case from one side h to the other. and is permanently fixed therein,being traversed by a brace g which connects the two walls uo of said memher and is riveted thereto. a weight .2 which tends to hold the memberin the position shown in Fig. l by full lines. A horizontal bolt 2,traversing the opening j near wall f, may slide up and down in suitableguides 8, and when wall a of the member u-o is in the closed positionthis bolt lies in upwardly open hook a on wall a and so looks it closed.A ttshaped lever, having its intermediate portion bent off at rightangles to the plane of its extremities (such intermediate portionforming the element p aforesaid) has a shifting bearing and is therebyfulcrumed on a transverse pin 5, its extremities p underlying the bolt 2and being kept in that position as it raises the bolt or allows it tofall by its portion ;0 being guided in holes 6 in the wall f. /Vhen thefull bottle is introduced into the com partment 01 and falls onto theelement 79 its fall is cushioned by the weight of the bolt 2, the boltbeing lifted to the dotted line position in Fig. 1, so that the memberuv may be swung on its fulcrum in the trough-shaped rest s-t. Member u-ocan now be swung to the dotted line position in Fig. 1, that is, to thelimit afforded by contact of its walls a and o with the flange 6 and pin02, respectively, so that the empty bottle can be removed. I prefer toincline the wall a; downward toward the wall a so that the bottle incompartment 6 will be canted slightly toward wall a.

Figs. 7-to 9 show a modification in which a plurality of the two pairsof compartments (upper and lower) are provided in a single receptacle 7the bolt and its operat ing element 8 and 9, corresponding to parts 2and p, and their accessories being constructed and arranged so as toserve in common both pairs of compartments, In. this case, also, thecompartments are not accessible from the back but only from the front;that is, the removal of the bottle from the upper compartments iseffected by the customer employing a key 10 to unlock the frontal hingeddoor 11 common to both such Wall 0 carries upper compartments. In otherrespects the construction here shown is substantially like that firstdescribed.

Havin thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a device of the characterdescribed, the combination of a receptacle having a top opening, and anormally closed inwardly opening hinged gate controlling said opening,said receptacle having means to shift and thereupon support the articlein the path of opening movement of the gate so that the article willitself block a second opening movement of the gate once said articleenters and passes the gate, whereby the article cannot be removedthrough said openin 2. In a device of the character described,

opening hinged gate controlling said open ing, said receptacle havingmeans to tilt and thereupon support the article in the path of openingmovement of the gate so that the article will itself block a secondopening movement of the gate once said article enters and passes thegate, whereby the article cannot be removed through said opening.

' 3. In a device of the character described, a receptacle having a sideopening for passage of its contents, a closure for said opening, asubstantially horizontal normally depressed but upwardly movable bolt,the receptacle having suitable guides for the bolt and the closure aninwardly projecting upwardly open hook adapted to receive the bolt, anda lever for raising the bolt fulcrumed in said receptacle on asubstantially horizontal axis and shiftable transversely of said axisand having a shifting guiding engagement with the receptacle.

4. The combination of a case having side opening for the passage of itscontents and a trough-shaped rest extending along the lower margin ofsaid opening, a shifting angular lever having its angle portionfulcrumed on said rest in the angle thereof and having one side thereofforming a closure for said opening and the other a rest to angle havingopposite marginal notches r ceiving the flanges.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination of areceptacle having a pair of compartments, one having an opening throughwhich to enter an article thereinto and the other an opening throughwhich to remove therefrom another article contained therein, a normallyclosed in- 10 Warclly opening gate controlling the first ing means, toshift and thereupon support 15 the first article in position to block asecond opening of the gate once said article passes the gate.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM MOLENAAR.

